Receptacle



Oct. 22,- 1940.

B. 8. GAIN RECEPTACLE Filed Sept. 17, 1938 Inventor: Basil S. Cain,

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RECEPTACLE Basil S. Cain, Erie, Pa., assignor to General Electric Company, a corporation of New York Application September 17, 1938, Serial No. 230,439

2 Claims.

My invention relates to particu arly to that type sand box for vehicles.

An object of my invention is to provide an .1 improved receptacle with a filling. opening and closure therefor.

Further objects and advantages of my invention will become apparent and my invention will be better understood from the following description referring to the accompanying drawing, and the features of noveity which characterize my invention will be pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming part of this specification.

15 In the drawing Fig. 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of a railway locomotive provided with a sand box embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged View, partly broken away, of the sand box filling opening and closure therefor and associated parts of the locomotive; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 of Fig. 2 and Fig. is an exploded perspective view of the elements forming the frame around the filling open ing of the sand box.

Referring to the drawing, I have shown in Fig. l a locomotive it provided with driving wheels ll arranged to support and propel the locomotive superstructure on rails l2. Under certain load and weather conditions, the driving wheels of railway vehicles have a tendency to slip on the supporting rails, as the adhesion between the wheels and the rails is not sufficient to prevent this slippage. It is customary to increase the adhesion under these conditions by 35 sanding the surface of the rails, and railway vehicles generally are provided with some device for carrying and distributing sand for use on such occasions. It is essential that the sand can be readily distributed when desired, and therefore, 40 the receptacle for storing the sand should be made as moisture proof as possible. I have shown a sand box which is in the side walls of the locomotive between vertically extending side frame posts it which form part of the locomotive frame structure. These posts form the side walls of the sand box, and longitudinally extending beams l4, adjacent the roof of the locomotive, and a channel member l5, adjacent the fioor of the locomotive, form the top and bottom Walls, respectively, of the sand box. The inner wall of the sand box is formed by a sheet metal plate It welded along the upper edge H to one of the beams l4 and at its lower edge to the member I5. The outer wall of the sand box is formed by a similar sheet metal plate !8 welded at l9 receptacle used as a receptacles and more adjacent the upper end thereof to the other beam Hi, and at the lower end thereof to the member l5. This outer wall it is spaced apart from a locomotive side wall plate 20 by a series of spacing bars 2! and is secured to the locomotive side wall 233 by a series of rivets 22 extending through the sand box wall 88, the spacing bars 2 l, and the locomotive side wall. This sand box arrangement is not my invention, but is the invention of Ole K. Kjolseth, and is described and claimed in his copending application Serial No. 230,446, filed September 17, 1938, and assigned to the assignee of this application.

In order to replenish the sand supply in the sand box, a filling opening 23 is formed in the side wall of the locomotive, and 2. corresponding filling opening f is formed in the side Wall it of the sand box. As has been stated, it is desirable that the sand box should be as moisture proof as possible, and therefore, a double closure '2 arrangement is provided for the filling opening.

A cover frame is arranged about the filling openings 23 and 26 in the plates it and i8, respectively, which includes a. V-shaped plate 25 formed with an opening 26 in the lower side thereof. The ends of the V-plate 25 are closed by triangular side walls fl formed integrally with and bent at right angles to vertically extending frame strips 28. The side members 27 and 28 of the filling opening frame are welded to the V-shaped plate 25 along the edges 29 to provide a substantially moisture-proof connection therebetween and forming a closure with the sand box extending around the filling opening 23, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. A flange 31! is arranged Within the plate opening 2E5 and extends outwardly about this opening and is welded to the edges thereof at 3i to provide a substantially moisture-proof joint between the fiange and the plate 25. In order to close the opening 26 in the plate 25 and to exclude undesirable foreign substances, such as rain, snow, and the like, from entering the sand box, a cover 32 is arranged to close the opening 26 in the frame plate 25. This cover is provided with a downwardly extending flanged edge 33 which is adapted to extend about the outside of the flange 39 when the cover is arranged over the opening 26. The cover is pivotally supported on the filling opening frame by a hinge pin 34, which is welded to the lower side of the flange 33 of the cover at 35, and is rotatably supported in a pair of bosses 36, which are welded to the side frame plates 21. A handle 31 is welded to the cover 32 to facilitate opening the same. The filling opening frame is arranged about the filling openings 23 and 25 in the side walls and I8, respectively, and the inner end thereof extends into an opening 38 formed. in the sand box inner side wall plate 16. The end of the frame is welded at 39 to the edges of the opening 38 in the plate l6, and the outer sides of the frame are secured to the side wall 20 by a series of rivets 6B. As is more clearly shown in Fig. 3, the sides of the V-shaped plate extend inwardly from the filling opening, and the lower side thereof is inclined upwardly from the lower edge of the filling opening when the sand receptacle is in substantially vertical position as shown in this figure. In this manner, if rain or other moisture enters the filling opening into the space about the cover 32, when the cover is in closed position over the frame plate opening 26, it will tend to drain out over the inclined lower side of the frame plate 25. Furthermore, the complementary flanges 33 on the cover 32 and on the plate 25 insure against the seepage of water or other fluids into the sand box around the opening 26.

In streamlined trains, it is desirable that the outer surfaces thereof should be as free as possible from projections and indentations, and I, therefore, provide a closure plate M which is secured by hinges $2 to the side wall 20 of the 10- comotive for closing the filling opening of the sand box. It is desirable that the cover 32 over the opening in the frame plate 25 should be closed at all times when the closure plate 45 is in closed position with respect to the filling opening. In order to insure this condition, a resilient biasing spring 43 is secured by rivets 44 to the inner side of the closure plate ll and is arranged between the closure plate and the cover 32, so as to be adapted to bias the cover 32 to closed position over the frame plate opening 26 when the closure plate 4| is in closed position, as shown in Fig. 3. By this double closure construction for the filling opening of the sand box, I insure against seepage, as well as, the direct flow of fluids into the sand box when the clostues are in closed position with respect to the filling opening.

While I have illustrated and described a particular embodiment of my invention, modifl cations thereof will occur to those skilled in the art. I desire it to be understood, therefore, that my invention is not to be limited to the particular arrangement disclosed, and I intend in the appended claims to cover all modifications which do not depart from the spirit and scope of my invention.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A sand box having a filling opening in one wall thereof, a cover frame arranged about said filling opening including a V-shaped frame plate secured to the upper and lower edges of said opening and extending convergingly inwardly from said filling opening, the lower side of said frame plate being inclined upwardly from said filling opening and having an opening therethrough, a cover for said frame plate opening, a closure plate for said filling opening, and means including a biasing spring arranged between said closure plate and said cover adapted to bias said cover to closed position over said frame plate opening when said closure plate is in closed position with respect to said filling opening.

2. A sand box having a filling opening in one side thereof, a cover frame arranged about said filling opening and secured to said sand box having sides forming a closure Within said sand box extending about said filling opening with the lower side thereof inclined inwardly and upwardly from the lower edge of said filling opening and having an opening therethrough, a flange extending outwardly about said opening in said lower cover frame side and forming a substantially moisture-proof joint thereabout, a cover for said cover frame opening having a flanged edge adapted to extend about said opening flange when said cover is arranged over said cover frame opening, a closure plate for said filling opening, and resilient means on said closure plate adapted to bias said cover to closed position over said frame opening when said closure plate is in closed position with respect to said filling openmg.

BASIL S. CAIN. 

